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The NHL is the first of the four major North American professional sports leagues to crown a champion since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2020 at 11:32 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The matchup is now set, with the Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Lakers emerging as the last two teams standing in the chase to be crowned champions of the most tumultuous season in NBA history.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2020 at 6:27 PM CDT
|By RALPH D. RUSSO
The Pac-12 has decided to play football in the fall, reversing an August decision to postpone until spring because of concerns about COVID-19.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 12:42 PM CDT
|By JOE REEDY
Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Tyrod Taylor missed last Sunday’s game because a team doctor accidentally punctured his lung, according to a person familiar with the case.
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Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 11:49 AM CDT
|By ANDREW SELIGMAN and JIM LITKE
The Pro Football Hall of Fame said Wednesday that Chicago Bears running back Gale Sayers, whose friendship with a teammate with cancer was recounted in “Brian’s Song,” has died at the age of 77.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 9:35 AM CDT
|By Gray News staff
Joe Laurinaitis, the legendary pro wrestler known as Animal in the Road Warriors tag team, has died at the age of 60, the WWE said Wednesday.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 at 11:59 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The Braves set an MLB record for most division titles with 20
Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 at 2:38 PM CDT
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The sheriff’s department did not immediately have a comment Tuesday.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 at 1:13 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The league levied hefty fines of $100,000 per coach and $250,000 per club.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 at 12:53 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
Jordan and Hamlin purchased a charter for their team from Germain Racing that guarantees Wallace a spot in the 40-car field every week.
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Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 10:21 AM CDT
|By Jacob Gallant and Trey Mongrue
Jackson State University introduced NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders as their new head football coach Monday morning.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2020 at 1:55 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
In a stunning performance for the ages, Tour de France rookie Tadej Pogacar won cycling’s showpiece race Sunday on the eve of his 22nd birthday.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2020 at 11:36 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
The NCAA Division I Council has proposed a framework to conduct a season in the Football Championship Subdivision, with teams allowed to play up to 11 games from this fall into next spring and a playoff bracket reduced from 24 to 16 teams.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2020 at 6:20 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
Basketball star Maya Moore has married Jonathan Irons, the Missouri man she helped work to free from prison after a 22-year-old wrongful conviction.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2020 at 5:58 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Less than five weeks after pushing football and other fall sports to spring in the name of player safety during the pandemic, the conference changed course Wednesday.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2020 at 3:24 PM CDT
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Enshrinement at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, will take place next August for those players selected.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2020 at 4:10 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The World Series will be played entirely at the Texas Rangers' new ballpark in Arlington, Texas, as part of a bubble agreement between Major League Baseball and the players' association, the first time the sport’s championship will be played entirely at one site since 1944.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2020 at 5:29 PM CDT
|By CNN staff
Leaders of the member universities met over the weekend to discuss health and safety.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2020 at 1:05 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
Dominic Thiem has become the first man in 71 years to win the U.S. Open after dropping the first two sets of the final.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2020 at 6:24 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Big Ten university presidents will meet Sunday to hear a presentation about playing a fall football season after all -- maybe as soon as mid-October -- amid pressure to kick off from parents, players, coaches and even the president.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2020 at 6:51 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The Chiefs chose to stay on the field for the national anthem while the Texans decided to remain in the locker room.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2020 at 7:10 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The topic has led to passionate debates at the state and local level, including whether to allow high school seasons to proceed and how many fans to allow in professional and college stadiums.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2020 at 3:57 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Bubba Wallace is leaving Richard Petty Motorsports at the end of the season.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2020 at 2:35 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Wallace, who has driven Petty's iconic No. 43 the last three seasons, told the team Thursday he would not sign a contract extension.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2020 at 11:19 AM CDT
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Adam Duvall had 9 RBIs with three home runs, including a grand slam
Updated: Sep. 10, 2020 at 2:31 AM CDT
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The move by the reigning Super Bowl champions has pleased Native Americans as a good first step, but frustrated some of the 17,000 fans who will be in the stands as the team becomes the first to take the field in front of a crowd during the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2020 at 1:40 PM CDT
|By Travis Leder
EA Sports has announced quarterback Colin Kaepernick will be a free agent player in Madden NFL 21.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2020 at 12:17 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Gene Budig, the self-effacing educator and baseball fan from small-town Nebraska who became the head of three major universities and the last president of the American League, died Tuesday.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2020 at 10:23 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
Several recent public opinion polls have shown skepticism from the Japanese public and the business community that the games can go on — or should go on.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2020 at 7:44 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Dustin Johnson finally has his name on the FedEx Cup trophy and a whopping $15 million that comes with it.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2020 at 3:47 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
Top-seeded Novak Djokovic has been defaulted from his fourth-round match at the U.S. Open after he accidentally hit a line judge with a tennis ball.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2020 at 8:44 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Hall of Famer Lou Brock, the dynamic leadoff hitter and base stealer who helped the St. Louis Cardinals win three pennants and two World Series titles in the 1960s, has died.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2020 at 7:28 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The Churchill Downs stands are empty and the wagering windows closed. Armored police vehicles in the parking lot have replaced throngs of Derby-goers in seersucker and showy hats.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2020 at 8:24 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Tom Seaver, the galvanizing leader of the Miracle Mets 1969 championship team and a pitcher who personified the rise of expansion teams during an era of radical change for baseball, has died. He was 75.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2020 at 2:31 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Previously announced were decals on the back of helmets, or patches on team caps, displaying names or phrases to honor victims of racism and/or police brutality.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2020 at 11:56 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
John Thompson Jr., who turned Georgetown men’s basketball into a powerhouse NCAA program, has died at the age of 78, according to multiple reports.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2020 at 12:01 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
No cause of death was given, though former Huskies coach Jim Calhoun said Robinson had a stroke 2 1/2 years ago.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2020 at 2:33 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The sides said they would immediately establish a social justice coalition, made up of players, coaches and owners, that would focus on issues such as voting access and advocating for meaningful police and criminal justice reform.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2020 at 1:56 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The person spoke Friday on condition of anonymity because the Big Ten was not making public its efforts to have a football season that starts in either late fall or winter.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2020 at 12:30 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Lute Olson, the Hall of Fame coach who turned Arizona into a college basketball powerhouse, has died.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2020 at 7:26 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
While players and teams from baseball, the WNBA, MLS and tennis sat out their competitions Wednesday night, NBA players and coaches met for nearly three hours in a Disney hotel to determine next steps, including whether the season should continue.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2020 at 1:38 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
Games between the Cincinnati Reds and Brewers in Milwaukee, Seattle Mariners and Padres in San Diego and the Los Angeles Dodgers and Giants in San Francisco were called off hours before they were set to begin.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2020 at 12:47 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
All three NBA playoff games scheduled for Wednesday have been postponed, with players around the league choosing to boycott in their strongest statement yet against racial injustice.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2020 at 5:27 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Dementia tests in the NFL concussion litigation allow doctors to use different baseline standards for Black and white retired players, making it more difficult for Blacks to show injury and qualify for awards, lawyers for two ex-players argued in court filings Tuesday.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2020 at 11:30 AM CDT
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Jamaica’s Minister of Health says legendary sprinter Usain Bolt has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2020 at 11:12 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
The decision was reached after consulting with local Native American groups and extensive research into the etymology and history of the term.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2020 at 5:16 AM CDT
|By Gray News staff
The announcement was made on August 24 or "Kobe Bryant Day" in Los Angeles.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2020 at 11:35 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
Ohio State (1,504 points) was a close No. 2 behind Trevor Lawrence and Clemson (1,520), which starts atop the rankings for the second straight season. The Tigers beat the Buckeyes in a thrilling College Football Playoff semifinal last season.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2020 at 9:38 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The NFL revealed Sunday that several positive COVID-19 tests were found a day earlier by one of its testing partners.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2020 at 7:13 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Takuma Sato snatched a second Indianapolis 500 victory at empty Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where the Japanese racer held off Scott Dixon and ultimately won under caution.